Raffle and Reward

After selling raffle tickets for the beautiful patchwork items for three months, the draw was finally held on Saturday 10th December.

A fourth prize had been added by the skilled and crafty maker and donor of the patchwork quilts and cushions - two beautiful, large, hand-made Christmas baubles.

The first prize (double quilt) was won by a pensioner couple from Ulverston (who bought their ticket at Orton Farmers Market).

The second prize (lap quilt and matching cushion) by a couple in Penrith, who bought their ticket at a Penrith Singers rehearsal.

The third prize (two matching cushions) and fourth prize (baubles) were won by people in Kirkby Stephen - they probably both bought their tickets when we were stationed outside the Cooperative one Saturday!

The raffle brought in a total of £1,300 - the best prize of all!

Street Kids suffering goes on

Enos Kyibibi tells us from Kasese that the kids have been getting a lot of harassment from the police, and two of them are at present in prison.

Enos comments that prison staff are not known for their gentleness and kindness.

A generous gift

www.justgiving.com/kasesestreetkids is a site where people can make donations to the Kasese Street Kids. We mention it in our leaflets, but generally get hardly any response that way.

But this week we found that someone has donated £1,000 to Kasese Street Kids on that site.

He wrote:
"This donation is in memory of my brother ...... He had a kind and generous spirit so please accept it in his name."

Another recent donor wrote:

"The pictures shown in Kendal tell the tale, and if big boys can look after little boys, we are bound to support them all."

I am sure he was referring to the Photographic Exhibition held in Kendal Parish Church, which ended nearly a month ago.

He particularly alludes to the wonderful picture shown here, of the boy looking after a baby boy, the child of a sex worker dying of AIDS.

He must have picked up one of our leaflets at the Exhibition.

Thank you, both - and all who continue to give to support our work!

chriscjenkin@aol.com